CD4 and coinfection: Clinical factors associated with higher VF rates were ambulatory status (44.7%, p < .001), low CD4 count (35.1%, p < .001), low haemoglobin (52.2%, p < .001), advanced HIV stage III/IV (44.2%, p < .001), HIV/TB co-infection (24.3%, p < .001), and other opportunistic infections (20.5%, p = .008).